Driving Directions

First Regional Overview Trip

• Stop 1: Jordanelle State Park Overlook

• Stop 2: Francis Overlook, Hilltop Road

• Stop 3: Oakley Rodeo Grounds

• Stop 4: Peoa, Brown's Canyon Road

• Stop 5: Siddoway Ranch

• Stop 6: Rockport Reservoir

• Stop 7: Breastworks, Echo Canyon

• Stop 8: East Echo Canyon Road

• Return to UU

Peoa

• Directions to Peoa project area - park along Brown's Canyon Road

Rockport Reservoir

• Directions to Rockport Reservoir State Park (Cedar Point Trailhead)

Chalk Creek

• Rally point in Coalville, park along broad shoulder on 100N

• West side / Robinson Ranch

• West side / well pad road

• East side / Richins Ranch

Bells Canyon

• Directions to Bells Canyon project area

Deer Creek

• Directions to Deer Creek project area

Second Regional Overview Trip

• Route for Second Regional Overview

  • Stop 1: Directions to Big Cottonwood Canyon Park & Ride (bathroom)

  • Stop 2: Directions to Big Cottonwood Fm, argilaceous facies (remnants of an ancient sea)

  • Stop 3: Directions to Tintic Fm (Precambrian/Cambrian boundary)

  • Stop 4: Ophir & Maxfield Fms

  • Stop 5: Directions to MIssissippian Limestone

  • Stop 6: Directions to Weber Fm

  • Stop 7: Directions to Park City Fm (optional)

  • Stop 8: Directions to Empire Pass & Flagstaff Stock

  • Return to UU

Bonanza Ridge (Stewart: Taking route up Big Cottonwood to avoid Parley’s Canyon I-80 drive adds 10 minutes. Do we want to make this change?)

• Directions to Bonanza Ridge project area

Antelope Island Trip

• Directions to Antelope Island

• HOV Lane usage: when traveling north towards Antelope Island, get into HOV lane. As you approach Exit 331 begin to move out of the HOV lane and work your way to the right lane. Exit I-15 at exit 332 for UT 108/Antelope Drive. When returning south from Antelope Island, get out of the HOV Lane at exit 309 (600 N exit). This will provide you distance and time to get over to the right lane for our exit 307 for 400 S.

Uinta Mountains Trip (Stewart, check these directions: is 150 out of Kamas faster? It was closed in early June, so google maps wouldn’t show it)

• Directions to Stillwater Campground, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest

WIB Little Cottonwood Canyon

• Stop 1: UU to Little Cottonwood Canyon Park & Ride

• Stop 2: Park & Ride to LDS archive quarry - pull into parking lot on N side of Little Cottonwood Cyn Rd

• Stop 3: Temple Quarry parking lot to Temple Quarry Trailhead

WIB Alta Independent & Walkthrough

• WIB Day 2 - Alta Overview

Alta 

• Directions to WIB Alta project area

Jupiter Ridge

• Directions to WIB Jupiter project area

Nevada Gold Mines / Carlin Trip

• Day 1

  • UU to Salt Flats Rest Area Westbound

  • Salt Flat Rest Area to Lamoille Canyon

  • Lamoille Canyon to Smith's Market in Elko

  • Smiths to Carlin Park, park vehicles along park in wide shoulder on south side of W. Hamilton St

• Days 2-3

  • Carlin to Phoenix Mine

  • Carlin to Gold Quarry Mine

  • Carlin to Leeville Mine

• Days 3-4

  • Carlin to Long Canyon

  • Carlin to Wendover dinner spots

  • Wendover to Hotels

Return to the Midwest

• Day 1

  • Salt Lake City to North Platte, NE

• Day 2

  • North Platte, NE to Urbana, IL

Retired Trips

San Rafael Swell Trip

• Day 1

  • Stop 1: Chateau to Thistle slide overlook

  • Stop 2: Thistle slide to Tie Fork Rest Area

  • Stop 3: Tie Fork Rest Area to gas station in Price, UT

  • Stop 4: Price UT to Coyote Wash rally point

• Day 2

  • Stop 1: Coyote Wash to Miller Canyon

  • Stop 2: Miller Canyon to Ivie Creek

  • Stop 3: Ivie Creek to Molen Reef petroglyphs

  • Stop 4: Molen Reef to Maveriks, Castle Dale

  • Stop 5: Castle Dale to the Wedge rally point

• Day 3

  • Stop 1: Wedge to first stop in Buckhorn Wash

  • Stop 4: Buckhorn Draw/Chinle Fm to Spotted Wolf Overlook

  • Stop 5: Spotted Wolf Overlook to Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry

• Day 4

  • Stop 1: Cleveland-Lloyd Quarry to Gentile Wash

  • Stop 2: Gentile Wash to ralley spot in Spanish Fork